Improvement in cartridge-belts



D. TAYLOR.

CARTRIDGE-BELT.

Patented Dec.28,1875.

ATTMHEYS.

WITNESSES NJ EI'ERS. FHQTOLITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON. 0. c.

UNITED STATES PATE T QFFIGE.

DAVID TAYLOR, (U. S. A.,) 0F LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR T0 HIMSELFAND THOMA EWING, OF TUOSON, ARIZONA TERRITORY.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARTRIDGE-BELTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No- -l7l.639, datedDecember 28, 1875; application filed August 30, 1875.

bad to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this Specification,in which- Figure l is a plan view; Figs. 2 and 3, longitudinal sections,and Fig. 4 a view in detail.

The invention relates to a belt which is fastened about the waist, andemployed to carry cartridges.

It will first be described in connection with drawing, and then pointedout in the claims.

A represents a cartridge-belt, which I have divided into sections, so asto receive in each five cartridges, B, the button-hole a beingintroduced between each two sections, to allow a pistol holster, bayonetScabbard, swordstraps, and game-bag to be readily attached and detached.a are slots made nearly to the extremity of belt, so that, by passingthe ends of strap 0 through the slots and then back, both the buckles Dand clips E may be readily fastened, and the belt adapted to persons ofdifferent size, while the usual tongued buckles may be entirelydispensed with.

The mode of fastening buckles and clips by reversing the end ofholding-strap and inserting them in loops (1?, formed by the barsbetween'the slots, is found in practice to be Very convenient, as wellas entirely eficctive.

above and below, thus giving a greater bear-1 ing on the cartridgeafterits insertion.

It will be perceived that with my construction the clip E will grasp andhold the cartridge with its muzzle down, the charge being.

held firmly in the shell by the wad, that rests upon the tips at lowerend of clip, the same being turned up inside of clip to support thecartridge and charge.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new isl. Acartridge-belt divided into sections, be-

tween which are made button-holes a, as and i for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with reversed strap 0 and buckle D, of a beltprovided with slotsa loops a and clips E, as and for the pur- DAVIDTAYLOR.

Witnesses:

CHAS. E. OURTISS, J. H. NORTON.

